October 9, 2006

News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University

Students in Western’s musical the fi nest performances from his actors, and an accomplished theatre program soon will be composer of musical scores. He will bring unsurpassed real- learning from a Broadway veteran world experience that will be invaluable to our theatre students,” with a reputation for being a real Bardo said. “beast” on the set. Highlighting Mann’s stage credits are several roles he Terrence Mann, who originated originated on Broadway – a memorable turn as Rum Tum Tugger the role of the Beast in the in “,” his Tony Award–nominated performance as Inspector Broadway production of “Beauty Javert in “Les Miserables,” and his portrayal of Chauvelin in and the Beast,” is the new Carolyn “The Scarlett Pimpernel.” He also has taken the Broadway stage Plemmons Phillips and Ben R. in “Lennon,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Getting Away Phillips Distinguished Professor With Murder,” “A Christmas Carol,” “Rags,” “,” “Jerome in Musical Theatre. Mann, who Robbins’ Broadway” and “Jekyll and Hyde.” earned Tony, Drama Desk and Mann’s fi lm credits include “,” “,” Outer Critics Circle nominations “Big Top Pee Wee,” and “Solar Babies,” and he has appeared for best actor for his performance on television on “Law and Order,” “Love Monkey,” “Mrs. Santa of the Beast, joins the faculty Claus,” “American Revolution” and “.” He earned beginning this fall semester. an Emmy Award nomination for his performance on the CBS show “Our students in the performing “As the World Turns.” arts already have access to one Director and composer for the musical adaptation of “Romeo of the best facilities to be found and Juliet,” Mann is founding artistic director of the Carolina anywhere in our new Fine and Arts Festival and served as artistic director of the North Carolina Performing Arts Center. Having a two-time Tony Award nominee Theatre for 14 years, directing more than 25 musical productions as a member of our faculty is a signifi cant development for our during his tenure. A graduate of the N.C. School of the Arts, he musical theatre program,” said Western Chancellor John W. Bardo. also was artistic director of “The Lost Colony,” North Carolina’s “Terrence Mann is widely regarded as a tremendous performer long-running outdoor drama. on stage and screen, a consummate director who can entice Continued on page 4 Western Prepares for Homecoming ’06 A parade, pep rally, fi reworks, golf music, food, fi reworks and more – will tournament, dancing, music, rafting, football begin at 8 p.m. at the Catamount and fun highlight the busy Homecoming Athletic Complex following the Lady 2006 weekend at Western on Oct. 13-15. Cats soccer match versus The College Western will host its 11th annual of Charleston. Also Friday is the Homecoming parade in downtown Sylva Alumni Scholarship Golf Tournament, beginning at 6:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13. The teeing off at noon at Waynesville’s parade will include community and Laurel Ridge Country Club. university fl oats, the Homecoming court, and Reservations are required. Western athletes, cheerleaders and the Pride The Homecoming king and queen of the Mountains Marching Band. A pre- will be announced at halftime during parade fl oat-building party begins at 6 p.m. the Saturday, Oct. 14, football game Nursing alumni reconnect at Homecoming. Thursday, Oct. 12, in the Ramsey Regional between Western and Southern include an alumni breakfast, special tailgate Activity Center. Conference foe University of Tennessee at parties and reunion luncheons for the classes Following Friday’s parade, a “Spirit Chattanooga. Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. of 2001, 1996, 1991, 1986, 1981, 1976, 1966, Night” celebration – including a pep rally, Before the game, Saturday events will Continued on page 2 Award-Winning Novelist Thanks In the story, Ralph and Carter Stanley WCU Library and George Frizzell struggle to find an audience for their music at a Homecoming ’06 continued from page 1 time when bluegrass and mountain music were 1956 and 1946. Reservations are required for In the author’s note being replaced on the radio by country and the breakfast. of “Thirteen Moons,” rock. Despite pressure from the record labels to Post-game activities include StompFest 2006, award-winning writer switch to rock ’n‘ roll, the duo remained loyal a step-show competition among African- Charles Frazier thanks to its traditional roots. American fraternity and sorority groups. On several people for helping Following the untimely death of his brother Sunday, Oct. 15, a homecoming weekend him conduct research for Carter, Ralph resigns himself to a life of rafting trip will be held on the Nantahala River the book including George at 10 a.m. Registration is required. The week- Frizzell, head of special obscurity and performing for small audiences. That changed when their music gained national end festivities will conclude later in the day collections at Western with a performance by Western’s Inspirational Carolina University’s prominence from the unprecedented success of the soundtrack for the movie “O Brother Where Choir at 3:30 p.m. in the Grandroom of A.K. Hunter Library. Frazier Hinds University Center. also expressed appreciation for the library itself. Art Thou?” The Grammy Award-winning sound- track featured two Stanley Brothers’ songs – For reservations or more information, call the “I hope none of them will be too bothered by Office of Alumni Affairs at (828) 227-7335; “O Death” and “Man of Constant Sorrow.” the liberties and detours I’ve taken with the facts or the A.K. Hinds University Center offices at Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for senior they aimed me so directly toward,” said Frazier (828) 227-7206. in the book, which was released this week. citizens 60 and older, $20 for WCU faculty and The novel traces the life of an orphan boy staff, and $5 for students ages 5 and up. Group whose experiences include running a remote rates also are available. Indian trading post and finding a family among For more information about performances, the Cherokee. “Thirteen Moons” won praise call the Fine and Performing Arts Center box Don Livingston, professor of political sci- in reviews in publications such as USA Today office at (828) 227-2479 or visit the Web site at ence and public affairs, was recently selected and Newsweek, and sales of the book placed it http://fapac.wcu.edu/. by the North Carolina Political Science As- among Amazon.com’s top five sellers the day sociation at its annual meeting to serve as the after its release. WCU’s Debo Receives organization’s representative to the editorial Brian Railsback, dean of the WCU Honors board of Politics and Policy, a highly respected College, said he was able to read an advance AAUW Grant of $6,000 professional, refereed journal in the discipline copy that Frazier’s wife Katherine sent to him. Annette Debo, assistant of political science and public affairs. “It is an incredibly researched, poetic portrait professor of English, is Laura Myers, visiting professor in the of life in our mountains during the most recipient of a grant from the department of applied criminology, has been tumultuous period for the Cherokee people,” American Association of selected to serve a second term as editor of said Railsback. “I believe this novel will University Women Educational the Journal of Knowledge and Best Practices prove to be very important for our region and Foundation to assist her in in Juvenile Justice and Psychology. Myers is a founding editor of this journal, which shares Cherokee in particular. It’s a literary epic, and finishing her project “The information about programs and policies effec- American H.D.: Theorizing a magnificent read.” tive in reducing juvenile crime. Past topics have Modernist Identity.” Frazier’s first book, “Cold Mountain,” Annette Debo included identifying risk factors involved with spent a combined 94 weeks on the New Debo’s monograph was one of youth dating violence and the appropriateness York Times best-seller list in hardcover and 58 projects chosen for funding by the foundation of juvenile transfer to adult court. paperback versions, and was adapted into a out of 738 applications. She is receiving an “Saints at the River,” a novel by Ron Rash, movie. The book also won the 1997 National American Summer/Short-Term Research the Parris Distinguished Professor of Appala- Publication Grant of $6,000. Book Award for Fiction. chian Cultural Studies, is the 2006 selection Debo’s project addresses the significance of The author’s ties to Western include family for Together We Read. Now in its fourth year, ties, too. His father, Charles O. Frazier, earned nationality in the artistic vision of modernist Together We Read is a community reading his bachelor’s degree in business education writer Hilda Doolittle. program designed to get people in 16 Western from Western in 1947 and later an education “Hilda Doolittle serves as an important North Carolina counties reading and discussing specialist degree. To honor him, Frazier subject for study because of her versatile career the same book. Events are scheduled throughout and his wife established through their Cold that stretched from 1909 to 1961,” Debo said. the region through December. “She was a major American writer who lived Mountain Foundation the Charles O. Frazier Sara Stoltenburg, director of the Women’s Endowed Scholarship Fund that helps students her adult life abroad, a poet who also wrote Center, has been nominated to serve a three- from Macon County attend WCU. experimental novels, a white writer with ties to year term on the National Women’s Studies - by Teresa Killian the Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual who Association’s Women’s Center Advisory Coun- collaborated on avant-garde films, and an upper- cil. The organization supports the scholarship middle-class woman who refused to follow and best practices of women’s centers, including WCU Art Series to Present gender conventions.” developing research, documenting resources, “Man of Constant Sorrow” Debo’s study looks at Doolittle’s early life in building network alliances and designing proj- the United States and her continuing personal ects supporting women’s centers. Stoltenburg The Fine and Performing Arts Center at ties, including new information about her has been appointed to the council’s assessment Western Carolina University will continue its studies at the University of Pennsylvania and committee. “Galaxy of Stars: Legends on Stage” series with her pivotal literary friendships with American Tri-Village Local Schools of New Madison, an evening of old time, bluegrass and gospel writers Marianne Moore and Sylvia Beach. Ohio, recently honored Lucian Szlizewski, music with the biographical play “Man of Debo has been a member of the WCU faculty visiting assistant professor in educational leader- Constant Sorrow” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.16. since 2001. She earned bachelor’s and master’s ship and foundations, for his work as a principal The play features some of the original degrees at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and and superintendent with the naming of the music made famous by the Stanley Brothers as State University, and her doctoral degree at the “Dr. Lucian A. Szlizewski Commons Area” in well as other traditional Appalachian songs. University of Maryland. the Tri-Village K–12 Building.

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October 9–22 Welcome Alumni Monday, Oct. 9 Saturday, Oct. 14 Exhibits Hispanic Heritage Month—“Proyecto Panamá,” Catamount football—vs. Chattanooga. Southern WCU community members who completed community Conference game. Homecoming. $. 3:30 p.m. WS/BW. Mountain Heritage Center service projects in Panama. 7–8:30 p.m. Cullowhee (227-7338) Gallery A: United Methodist Church. (227-3761) StompFest 2006— “Migration of the Scotch-Irish People.” Includes text panels, illustrations, artifacts and vibrant Tuesday, Oct. 10–Thursday, Oct 12 step-show competition featuring murals that trace the Scotch-Irish Appalachian Blood drive—Appointments recommended. 12:30– African-American settlers from Ulster to Pennsylvania, through 6 p.m. Grandroom, UC. (http://www.membersforlife. fraternities and the Shenandoah Valley, and into Western North org/cbsr/schedule) sororities. $. 7 p.m. Carolina. Permanent exhibit. Tuesday, Oct. 10 RRAC. (227-2276) Gallery B: Academic forum—discussion of college reorganizat- “Transformations: Cherokee Baskets in the ion and other items. 3:30–5 p.m. Theater, UC. (227-7495) Sunday, Oct. 15 Twentieth Century, Part I.” The extraordinary skill Appalachian Folklife Series—“Telling Mountain Hispanic Heritage Month—closing celebration, of Cherokee weavers who transformed customs Stories,” Cece Conway, author and fi lm producer. featuring keynote speaker Rosa Rosales, president, to participate in changing economies and 5:30–6:30 p.m. Auditorium, MHC. (227-7129) League of United Latin American Citizens; Mexican communities. Through Oct. 29. Gallery C: Lady Catamount volleyball—vs. Davidson. Southern folkloric dancing group; live Latino band; and Conference game. $. 7 p.m. RRAC. (227-7338) refreshments. 2–5 p.m. Fine Arts Center, Bryson City. “After the War: Confl ict and Domestic Change in the North Carolina Mountains.” Portrays how wars Concert—WCU Wind Ensemble. 8 p.m. Performance (227-3761) and their aftermath have shaped the lives of people Hall, FAPAC. (227-7242) Homecoming concert—WCU Inspirational Choir. 3:30 p.m. Grandroom, UC. (227-7234) and communities in Western North Carolina. Wednesday, Oct. 11 Through May 2007. Monday, Oct. 16 Homecoming Community Service—“Food for Kids,” Lobby: new project for Community Table of Jackson County. Legends on Stage—“Man of Constant Sorrow: The “People of the Land,” and “Mountain Heritage Day 10 a.m. –4 p.m. UC. (227-7184) Story of Ralph and Carter Stanley,” featuring classic Award Winner.” Ongoing exhibitions. traditional Hispanic Heritage Month—“Latin American folk and Artifacts: Who Owns Them,” Anna Fariello, craft Slideshow Spotlight bluegrass revival project leader, Hunter Library. 6:30 p.m. FOR OCTOBER: “Going Places: Travel and songs. $. Fine Art Museum, FAPAC. (227-3761) Tourism in Western North Carolina” portrays the 7:30 p.m. Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions history of the tourism industry that developed in FAPAC. the early 19th century. Series—“Male Ego: Spoken Word,” (227-2479) four male poets bring vulnerability, Mountain Heritage Center hours: humility and honesty as they address Wednesday, Oct. 18–Sunday, Oct. 22 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday; and 2–5 p.m. Sunday. their fears in performance. 9 p.m. (227-7129 or www.wcu.edu/mhc) Fall holiday—no classes. Club Illusions, UC. (227-7206) Friday, Oct. 20 Thursday, Oct. 12–Sunday, Oct. 15 Fine Art Museum Lady Catamount soccer—vs. Georgia Southern. Fine and Performing Arts Center Theatre—“A Grand Night for Singing,” the music Southern Conference game. $. Noon. CAC. (227-7338) of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Thursday–Saturday, “WORLDVIEWS. Selections from Western 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. $. Studio Theatre, FAPAC. Saturday, Oct. 21 Carolina University’s Permanent Collection and (227-2479) Tournament of New Acquisitions.” Continuing exhibit. Champions—Elite high Thursday, Oct. 12 school marching band Meeting—Staff Forum. 8:30–10:30 a.m. Cardinal competition with WCU Room, UC. (227-2412) Pride of the Mountains performances. Preliminary “The Kimmel Friday, Oct. 13 competition 8:45 a.m.; Collection: Hispanic Heritage Month—“From Guatemala to fi nals 7 p.m. WS/BW. Art That Bolivia in Eleven Months of Adventures,” Lorraine (227-2259) Works, A Celebration Maloof, biology instructor. 12:30–1:30 p.m. Room 121, Sunday, Oct. 22 McKee Building. (227-3761) of Art and Design.” Through Nov. 11. Nature’s Tracks—“Owl Pellets.” Reservations Parade—Homecoming 2006 Parade. 6:15 p.m. Main Fine Art Museum hours: required. 2:30–3:30 p.m. MHC. (227-7129) Street, Sylva. (227-7335) Tuesday–Thursday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.– Oktoberfest—Club members and their guests enjoy 4 p.m.; fi rst Saturday of each month 1-4 p.m. food, drink and music. 6:30–9:30 p.m. University Club. Submissions: Send news items and calendar notices to WCU Suggested donation: $5 family, $3 individual, free (227-3861) Calendar, 1601 Ramsey Center, Western Carolina University, to children under 12 and students with school ID. Cullowhee, NC 28723 or e-mail to: [email protected]. (227-3591 or http://fapac.wcu.edu) Lady Catamount soccer—vs. College of Charleston. Submit items for the university’s online calendar at least one Southern Conference game. $. 7 p.m. CAC. (227-7338) week prior to the event. Reception—WCU Nurses’ Alumni Association. 7 p.m. Moore Hall. (828-679-8810) Key: $–Admission fee; BB–Belk Building; CAC–Catamount Athletic Center; CAT–Center for Applied Technology; CCB–Cordelia Camp Building; CSC–Catamount Softball Complex; FAPAC–Fine and Performing Arts Center; HA–Hoey Spirit Night—pep rally, music, food and fi reworks. Auditorium; HFR–H.F. Robinson Administration Building; HS/CF–Hennon Stadium/Childress Field; MHC–Mountain Heritage 8 p.m. CAC. (227-7335) Center; NSA–Natural Sciences Auditorium; RH–Recital Hall, Coulter Building; RRAC–Ramsey Regional Activity Center; UC–A.K. Hinds University Center; WS/BW–Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field. October 9, 2006 • The Reporter • page 3 Mountain Heritage far above the year’s goal of $37,000. This raised on the Western campus and an amount contributed $39,757, the largest amount ever WCU faculty and staff, retirees and students million to charitable organizations. Last year, 100 counties have donated close to $60 state employees across North Carolina’s fund drive conducted on the WCU campus. This campaign is the only officially sanctioned that provide valuable community services. assist nearly 1,000 charitable organizations provides an opportunity for all employees to which continues through Tuesday, Oct. 31, to help those in need. opportunities to support charitable causes and employees of Western Carolina University, provides all state employees, including now under way. Employees Combined Campaign, which is through the annual North Carolina State consider giving to their favorite charities University community are being asked to Day asuccessfrom itsearliestyears. dance helpedmakeMountainHeritage to Southern Appalachian musicand whose strong leadershipanddedication named inhonorofthelateEva Adcock, Mountain HeritageDay. Theaward is exceptional andsignificantserviceto a committeememberwhohasprovided by thefestivalorganizing committeeto Eva Adcock Award. Theaward isgiven Heritage Dayasrecipient ofthe2006 university, washonored atMountain than twodecadesofservicetothe as WCU’s chiefofpoliceaftermore Deloise Anderson, whorecently retired In the 20-year history of the campaign, The annual fundraising effort at Western, The State Employees Combined Campaign Members of the Western Carolina Mail faculty/staffnotes, events, notices, andchangesof address to: Day Moment State EmployeesCombinedCampaign Charities NeedHelpThroughAnnual C 1601 R P O ublications Depar ullowhee NC28723 ffice ofP t h e [email protected]. by phone at (828) 227-7282 or by e-mail at said Orr. characterizes Western employees and retirees,” example of the compassion and generosity that ployees Combined Campaign is yet another are tax deductible. contribute by check or cash. All contributions all employees, retirees and students may can be made by payroll deduction, and helping hand here in our local communities.” supported the arts and assisted those needing a for abandoned animals, funded scholarships, protected the environment, provided care colleagues have supported health research, campaign chairperson. “In the past, Western chief information officer and 2006 WCU in need,” said Robert Orr, Western’s associate and do make a difference in the lives of those given as part of this campaign are significant year’s goal for the WCU campus is $38,000. The Reporter amsey For more information, contact Robert Orr Contributions by permanent employees “Western’s contribution to the State Em “The contributions to your favorite charities October 9, 2006 • The Reporter • page 4 page • 9, • 2006 Reporter October The

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